Camper&#39;s kit



Oct. 9 1923.

L. O. GASPAR CAMPERS KIT Filed March 31. 1922' INVENTOR. L, 0, Gas u an flfiflm A TTORNEY Patented Oct. 9, 1923.

UNITED stares? laminar PATENT ,QFFICE- LEAN'DBO O. GASPAB, OF MANOR, CALIFORNIA.

CAMPER S KIT.

Application filed March 31, 1922. Serial No. 548,495.

- ily positioned within the container so that a compact and convenient kit may be produced.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a device of the character described which'will occupy but a minimum amount" of space, and which is simple in construction and economical to manufacture.

A further object of. this invention is to produce a container with a novel type of handle whereby a collapsible plate may be retained in the container without danger of being accidentally displaced therefrom.

()ther objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numeralsare employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the plate, Fig. 2 is a similar view of the plate in its nested form, V i

,Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4t is a sectional view'showing the means for connecting the adjoining middle 1 employed fordetachably securing the end sections or the plate.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of'illustration is shown a preferred embodiment offmy invention, the reference character A designates a con.-

tainer equipped with a handle'9, pivoted at 10 adjacentthe'upper extremity of the container on theinside thereof. This handle is provided-with a spring hook-shaped port on 11 adapted to engage the plate when it is collapsed and positioned in the container,

The plate is designated as a whole by the reference character B and comprises a plurality of sections including end sections 12 and 13 and middle or intermediate sections 14;. Each section is provided with a depending lip 15 adapted to contact with an upturned flange 16 of the adjoining section. It will be noted that each section terminates in a disc-like extremity 17, which extremity is penetrated by a pin 18 serving as a pivotal connection for the respective sections. Notches 19 are formed in the respective outer edges of the sections and receive therein a spring clip 20 which is preferably soldered to the end section 12. This; clip serves to retain the sections in a nested position when the plate is collapsed.

In order that the end section 12 may be readily connected 'to the section 13, when the sections are extended so as to form the unitary. plate structure, I have soldered to the plate-13 a metal strip 21 provided with a depending lip 22 Whichis receivable in an aperture 23 formed in the end section 13.

From this construction, it will be apparent that the plate can be readily-extended for use and after use can be nested and posi tioned within the container A. The pivoted handle 9 will then be made to assume the dotted line position as shown to advantage in Fig. 2, with its s'prin hook eX tremity 11 straddling the disc-like extremi tiesjof the respective sections. As shown in dotted line in Fig. 5, a cover is readily placed on the top of the container so as to sealin the container culinary articles such as knives, forks or spoons.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,; it will be obvious that I have devised a compact campers kit that will occupy but a minimum amount of space, and which is simple in construction, neat in appearance and highly serviceable.

It is to be understood that the forn of my invention herewith shown and described the same, and that various changes inthe' shape, size and arrangement of parts may 105 be resorted to without departing from the is to be taken as a preferred example .of

spirit of theinvention or the scope ofthe subjoined claim.

Havingthus deseribed my invention, I 7

claim In a device of the character described, the

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combination with container, of a hanfle plvoted to said container and provided wlth a sprlng'hook portlon, a eolhtpslble plate including two end sections and a plurality '01": connected"intermediate sections, each of K said sections being engaged and terminating in disc-like pivoted extremities, means for connecting the end sections when the sec-' tions are extended, and a spring clip receivabtein the notches of the sections for re- 10 H mining the sections in a nested position.

In testnnony whereef I my slgnature.

LE hNDR- O 0. GASPAR. 

